MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1981
MOST OF THE TEAM MEMBERS ALSO WORK IN SOME OF THE NINE PATROL TEAMS OF THE LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, SERVING 1 100 FAMILIES IN THE VILLAGE.
ACCORDING TO MR LEUNG, WHEN THE IR TEAM WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED, ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE BY THE LOCAL CITY DISTRICT OFFICE FOR THE TEAM MEMBERS TO BE TRAINED BY OFFICERS FROM THE LOCAL DIVISIONAL FIRE STATIONS.
THE INITIAL COURSE COVERED SUCH TOPICS AS COMMON CAUSES OF FIRE, FIRE PREVENTION METHODS, WHAT TO DO WHEN A FIRE BREAKS OUT, HOW TO SUMMON HELP QUICKLY, HOW TO SET UP SPEEDY EVACUATION PROCEDURES, AND HOW TO HANDLE AND REFILL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
APART FROM THE INITIAL COURSE, FOLLOW-UP BRIEFINGS AND VISITS BY FIRE SERVICES OFFICERS ARE ORGANISED AT INTERVALS. IN ADDITION, THE TEAM HAS BEEN VISITED BY LIAISON OFFICERS DURING THE IR FIELD TRIPS, AND BY THE FIRE SERVICES' FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU.
+THE NEXT TRAINING SESSION FOR OUR TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 18, 1981, AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL IN PAT HEUNG, FANLING,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THEY WERE ALSO LAUNCHING THEIR OWN EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR THE VILLAGERS.
THE PROGRAMME IS SUPPORTED BY THE DISPLAY OF POSTERS AND BANNERS, THE DISTRIBUTION OF FIRE PREVENTION PAMPHLETS, FIRE PREVENTION QUIZZES FOR CHILDREN AND WORD OF MOUTH INFORMATION.
A FIRE DRILL TOOK PLACE LAST SUNDAY MORNING. IT WAS ATTENDED BY AN OFFICER FROM THE SHAU KI WAN FIRE STATION WHO BRIEFED THE TEAM MEMBERS.
THE TEAM HAS RECEIVED SOME PORTABLE FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING FOUR WATER-TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, ONE CARBON DIOXIDE-TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, FOUR +ALARM GONGS+ EIGHT FIRE BUCKETS, AND SPECIAL ARMBANDS FOR EACH TEAM MEMBER. EVERY MEMBER ALSO KEEPS A FIRE WATCH TEAM HANDBOOK PREPARED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EACH SET OF EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED TO A FIRE WATCH TEAM, EXCLUDING PRINTED MATERIAL, COSTS MORE THAN $1 400. THE AMOUNT THE GOVERNMENT HAS SO FAR SPENT ON EQUIPPING FIRE WATCH TEAMS EXCEEDS $100 000.
SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST FIRE WATCH TEAM IN HONG KONG IN 1978, THE IDEA HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY ALMOST ALL SQUATTER AREA RESIDENTS. THERE ARE NOW 55 SUCH TEAMS IN THE SQUATTER AREA OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, AND 47 IN THE VILLAGES AND SQUATTER AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
NEW TEAMS ARE STILL BEING FORMED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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